07 Nov 2023
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With 5 years of work experience, home-based personal care workers will earn from R5 319 to R11 461 monthly. 5% says they are male, while 95% entered female as their gender. This is made clear in research by Mywage.co.za, conducted in 2023.
Highest salary for home-based personal care workers with 30 years of experience: R6 664 to R19 041 per month
Based on our survey, employees with 30 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R6 664 and R19 041 per month. Starting workers with one year of experience, earn from R4 774 to R9 495 per month.
Home-based personal care workers mostly female
The age group for employees who answered the survey was mostly between 30 and 39 years of age. 65% of workers in this occupation are parents of at least 1 child. Most people in this job are female, based on the survey results.
Average working week of 42 hours
According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among people in this job is set at 2%. 98% are not covered by a collective agreement. On average, workers in this occupation work 42 hours per week.
Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers
People in this job mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. 58% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. 62% of workers state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. Workers in this occupation who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 38% of respondents. Of the participating employees, 8% work in a multinational organisation. In most cases, people in this job report that the majority of their coworkers are female.
The survey shows that 11% of the people in this job feel highly satisfied about their position. In general, most workers in this occupation are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 33% of the workers in this occupation.
Wage dissatisfaction high among home-based personal care workers
Of all surveyed people in this job, 28% feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their salary. 34% of the workers reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.
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